firemancoder

While your overall point is somewhat correct, your numbers are way off.

I was "surfing the net" in 1994 with a computer I built for around $700 ($1,204.59 today's price) and was using an ISP account that was $25 per month ($43.02 today).

I was not an academic or anywhere near the 1% at the time. But I agree with the point you're trying to make, as it did become more accessible for people at a poorer level. Also computers and the internet both became easier to use which contributed greatly to adoption as well.

It's not hurt feelings on the part of the blog writer you have to worry about, it's the readers. If you post something super controversial like supporting the president, you could lose your job and any volunteer/community positions or more. There is a pitchfork mob out there just waiting.

Eh, not exactly. Domain was registered in 2002.

Still not a bad prediction tho

>> but one idiom I teach is "slow is smooth, smooth is fast"

Same saying is used frequently in the fire service. We teach cadets things like throwing ladders, we start slow and practice, practice,practice until it's a fluid smooth motion.

Also we teach them how to breathe, right from the go. Proper breathing enhances focus. Then a simple reminder "breathe" and they remember to slow down their mind.

If you want to talk about excitable, look at a rookie firefighter jumping on a fire engine with sirens and lights blazing on the way to a structure fire. We try to get them in a relaxed, focused state as quickly as possible.

It's absolutely excellent way to frame the problem.

I've suspected this is the case at a LOT of companies. So many marketing and advertising decisions are made this way. As long as they sell enough units it looks like a success, no matter how much potential was thrown away.

This is what made Jobs so great. Most of the criticisms about him are surely correct, but he was a boss who tried to understand the customer, and succeeded at it frequently.

I think the article covers it pretty well, I don't have much hope for a refresh, and I didn't buy the last one.

Still using a 2012 MM that runs superb. Was waiting for an upgrade, then saw the processor and passed on it. I would love to see a new MM with a real CPU in it, and the two drive option. Will likely never happen, but at least Intel is getting into the smaller form factor market with the NUC.

I agree with the premise, but there's no way it will ever happen.

Most troublingly, “trending news” accelerates news in what is what is known a “feed forward” loop: i.e. the more we (and external bots and trolls) click, the more we will see an item. This reduces visibility of other news, resulting in “groupthink” that shrinks our perspective. Trending news algorithms can be adjusted but will always create “observational bias” in that we react most to what we see most.

This describes Reddit to a T. Definitely a feed forward loop if there ever was one.

Not at all. Clearly you like one of them better, but both use the same tactics for different benefits.

Not by accident, by carelessness. There's a difference.

Are we seriously tire-shaming people on here now? That can happen with any tire, any time, anywhere. And people have blowouts on the freeway all the time it doesn't send you flying into oncoming traffic.

Why does it need to? Is it self sustaining? Maybe that's all it needs to be.

When you try hard to commercialize and squeeze profits, things change and you lose audience. This is exactly what it is limiting the lifespan of Facebook.

I agree with this somewhat.. but it leans just on the edge of encouraging bad code.

For junior coders, this stuff is certainly the case. But you get into a serious enterprise who has enough money riding on the output and you can bet you're going to see better stuff.

You're not paid to write code, you're paid to solve problems. I get that. But the same hacky nasty "sales director wants... " type sloppy stuff only works in some situations but when you get to the higher levels it will likely get you fired.